Principal Mechanical Engineer

1 day ago


Ryde Isle of Wight, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time €55,000

Job Title: Principal Mechanical Engineer

Location: Cowes. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £55,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Conducting peer reviews and verifying tasks, ensuring adherence to engineering standards
  • Identifying and resolving product lifecycle issues, leading change activities to maintain compliance
  • Establishing and managing qualification requirements during build, test, and commissioning, ensuring Safety Case integrity and robust supporting documentation
  • Serving as subject matter expert, coaching and mentoring team members and upholding engineering excellence
  • Collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers to optimise thermal design of radar components
  • Leading development and validation of thermal models to predict performance under varied conditions

Your skills and experiences:

  • Master’s or bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field and or proven experience
  • Expertise in heat transfer principles, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics
  • Proven experience in designing and testing thermal systems for electronic components and assemblies
  • Skilled in coaching, mentoring, and leading engineering teams to achieve technical excellence

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Mechanical Engineering Radar team:

As you engage with engineering functions across the business, as our team covers the whole engineering lifecycle using the latest cutting-edge technology, becoming a member of the Mechanical Engineering Radar team will provide you with significant exposure inside the larger BAE Systems organisation.

BAE Systems Naval Radar provides Radar products and support services to a diverse range of customers worldwide. This role will provide engineering management support as part of a team delivering capability upgrades to the Royal Navy over the next 10 years. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 21 st November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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